InTrans / Aug 14, 2018
National Conference on Wood Transportation Structures – 1996
The Federal Highway Administration and the USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, jointly
sponsored the National Conference on Wood
Transportation Structures, October 23-25, 1996, in
Madison, Wisconsin. This was a direct result of 5
years of cooperation in conducting research related to
timber transportation structures. The objective of the
conference was to present state-of-the-art information on
wood utilization in transportation applications. The
conference included a plenary session, reviewing timber
bridges throughout the world, followed by concurrent
paper sessions on various topics. This report includes
the papers presented at this conference.